Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is Disney’s live action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast directed by Bill Condon and starring Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellen, Audra McDonald and Emma Thompson. The film’s original music is composed […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 17, 2017)
Posted: March 17, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 13 Minutes, Alan Menken, Alec Puro, All Nighter, Beauty and the Beast, David Holmes, Frantz, Philippe Rombi, Ryan Lott, Son Lux, Song to Song, T2: Trainspotting, The Belko Experiment, Tyler Bates
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 10, 2017)
Posted: March 10, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Anne Nikitin, Brimstone, Burning Sands, Dan Jones, Geoff Zanelli, Henry Jackman, Jim Williams, Junkie XL, Kevin Lax, Kong: Skull Island, Max Richter, My Scientology Movie, Personal Shopper, Raw, The Ottoman Lieutenant, The Sense of an Ending, This Beautiful Fantastic, Tom Holkenborg
The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is the action adventure Kong: Skull Island directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and starring Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson, John Goodman and John C. Reilly. The film’s original music is composed by Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Civil War, X-Men: First Class, Big Hero 6). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack […]
Stephen Schwartz to Receive Founders Award at ASCAP Screen Music Awards
Posted: March 8, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: ASCAP Founders Award, ASCAP Screen Music Awards, Stephen Schwartz
ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, announced today that composer Stephen Schwartz will be honored with the Founders Award at its 32nd annual ASCAP Screen Music Awards on Tuesday, May 16 at The Wiltern in Los Angeles. The gala will also celebrate ASCAP’s top film, television and videogame composers of 2016. Over the course of his career, Schwartz has composed […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 3, 2017)
Posted: March 3, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Aaron Zigman, Adam Taylor, Before I Fall, Colin Stetson, David Bridie, Itamar Ziegler, John Swihart, Junction 48, Lavener, Logan, Marco Beltrami, Nathan Matthew David, Oberhofer, Sarah Neuf, Table 19, Tamer Nafar, The Last Word, The Shack, Wolves
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Guaranteed to top the weekend box office is the comic book movie Logan directed by James Mangold and starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant and Dafne Keen. The film’s original music is composed by Marco Beltrami (The Wolverine, 3:10 to Yuma, Scream, World War Z, Hellboy, The Hurt Locker). Lakeshore Records […]
Video Highlights from the 89th Academy Awards
Posted: February 27, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Auli'l Cravahlo, Benj Pasek, John Legend, Justin Hurwitz, Justin Paul, Justin Timberlake, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sting
The 89th Academy Awards ceremony was held last night. Among the music-related highlights was Justin Hurwitz receiving his first two Oscars for his music for La La Land and lyricists Benj Pasek & Justin Paul receiving the award for the song City of Stars from Damien Chazelle’s musical. Check out the backstage press room interview with the composer/songwriters after the jump. The acceptance speeches will be added […]
Justin Hurwitz Wins Oscar for ‘La La Land’
Posted: February 26, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Benj Pasek, Justin Hurwitz, Justin Paul, La La Land
Justin Hurwitz has received the Academy Award for his score for Damien Chazelle’s La La Land. The other nominated composers in the Best Original Score category were Mica Levi (Jackie), Dustin O’Halloran & Hauschka (Lion), Nicholas Britell (Moonlight) and Thomas Newman (Passengers). Hurwitz also received a second Oscar for the original song City of Stars from the movie musical and shared the honor […]
Danny Elfman to Receive Max Steiner Award
Posted: February 26, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Danny Elfman, Hollywood in Vienna, Max Steiner Award
It was announced today that Danny Elfman (Spider-Man, Batman, Nightmare Before Christmas, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Alice in Wonderland) is the recipient of this year’s Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award, which will be presented at the annual Hollywood in Vienna Concert Gala at Vienna Concert Hall on September 29, 2017. The composer will be accepting the award in person and […]
Emmy Awards Add Music Supervision Category
Posted: February 24, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Emmy Awards
The Television Academy announced a number of changes to the Emmy Awards structure today, including a new category for Outstanding Music Supervision. The category will be introduced at this year’s 69th Emmy Awards. The other music-related categories at the Emmys are Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score), Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or […]
‘La La Land’ Wins Cinema Audio Society Award
Posted: February 18, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: CAS Awards, Cinema Audio Society, Finding Dory, La La Land, Nicholai Baxter, Thomas Vicari
The team behind the sound mixing of Damien Chazelle’s La La Land has won the award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing in the Motion Pictures– Live Action category at tonight’s 53rd annual Cinema Audio Society Awards ceremony at the Bunker Hill Ballroom of the OMNI Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza. Scoring mixer Nicholai Baxter, along with production mixer […]
